John ludlow kendrick



No. 625,,33111. I Patented May l6, I899.

J. L. KENDRICK.

SHUTTER FASTENEB. (Applieation filed Oct. 19, 1898.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN LUDLOXV KENDRICK, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO\VILLIAM M. JOHNSON, OF SAME PLACE.

SHUTTER-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,304, dated May 16,1899. Application filed October 19, 1898. Serial No. 694,026. No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN LUnLow KEN- DRIOK, residing at Cincinnati, inthe county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Shutter-Fasteners,of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved construction ofshutter-fastener To which may be readily applied to and removed fromoperative position with respect to the shutter and is adapted to be heldin locked position by the window-sash.

Other objects and advantages of the inven- I 5 tion will hereinafterappear, and the novel features thereof will be set forth in the claims.

The features of this invention are more fully set forth in thedescription of the accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective sectional view of awindow-frame, a window-sash, and a sh utter with the fastening device inplace. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the fastening device.

A represents the window-sill of the frame;

B, one of the side rails of said frame.

0 represents one of the side rails of the window-sash; D, the bottomrail thereof.

E represents one of the window-shutters.

F represents a section of the opposite window-shutter.

G represents the fastening device. This fastening device is composed ofa single rod having two bent ends, each of which is at right angles tothe plane of the rod and also to each other. Each end is adapted tojournal in a socket, so that either end may be swung into and out ofengagement with its respective socket. Each bent end serves as a centerfor the engagement of the opposite 4.0 end.

H represents the sockets, formed in the respective parts of the frame,sash, window-sill, and shutters.

It will be observed that a single fastener 5 locks both shutters inposition, as the shutter F is held in place by the flange of shutter E.

It will be observed that when the window is locked down on theshutter-fastener the two locks con jointly efiect the locking action. 56

Having described my invention, 1 claim- 1. The combination with awindow-sill having a socket therein, and swinging blinds, one of whichoverlaps the other and is provided with a socket in its edge, of aremovable fas- 5 5 tening device therefor, consisting of a rod havingits ends bent at right angles to said rod and to each other and adaptedto enter the respective sockets in said sill and blind.

2. The combination with a window-sash, a 6e window-sill having a sockettherein which is covered by the lower rail of the sash, and outsideblinds, one of which overlaps the other and is provided with a socket,of a removable fastening device consisting of a rod having its ends bentat right angles to said rod and to-each other and adapted to enter therespective sockets in said sill and blind.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JOHN LUDLOXV KEN DRICK.

\Vitnesses:

OLIVER B. KAISER, W. R. WOOD.

